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1. Use verbs that agree with a subject, not with a noun that is part of a modifying phrase or
2. Use singular or plural verbs that agree with the subject, not with the complement of the
subject:
3. Use singular verbs with singular indefinite pronouns — each, the “-bodies,” “-ones,” and “-
“Neither is correct.” (And, just as in rule number 1, the presence of a modifier is irrelevant: “Neither
of them is correct.”)
“Many outcomes are possible.”
5. Use singular verbs with uncountable nouns that follow an indefinite pronoun:
6. Use plural verbs with countable nouns that follow an indefinite pronoun:
8. Use plural verbs or singular verbs, depending on the form of the noun nearest the verb,
9. Use singular verbs with inverted subjects that include singular nouns:
10. Use plural verbs with inverted subjects (those beginning with the expletive there rather
11. Use singular or plural verbs with collective nouns depending on meaning:
“His staff is assembled,” but “Staff are asked to go to the conference room immediately.” (In the first
sentence, the emphasis is on the body of employees; in the second sentence, the focus is on
12. Use singular verbs for designations of entities, such as nations or organizations, or
13. Use singular verbs for subjects plural in form but singular in meaning:
14. Use singular or plural verbs for subjects plural in form but plural or singular in meaning
15. Use plural verbs for subjects plural in form and meaning:
16. Use plural verbs in constructions of the form “one of those (blank) who . . .”:
“I am one of those eccentrics who do not tweet.”
17. Use singular verbs in constructions of the form “the only one of those (blank) who . . .”:
18. Use singular verbs in constructions of the form “the number of (blank) . . .”:
19. Use plural verbs in constructions of the form “a number of (blank) . . .”:
20. Use singular verbs in construction of the forms “every (blank) . . .” and “many a (blank) . .